Hardware Jobs in United States
There are 3,579 open Hardware jobs in United States on freehire right now. 665 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are ai, python and automation.
Salary
| Currency | Period | 25th | Median | 75th | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | year | $152,656 | $185,000 | $213,080 | 843 |
| USD | hour | $28 | $41 | $51 | 32 |
From postings that disclose pay. Currencies are counted separately, never converted.
Most requested skills
- ai 35%
- python 28%
- automation 20%
- fpga 18%
- firmware 18%
- verilog 17%
- networking 15%
- pcb 14%
How the work is done
- Onsite 675 · 19%
- Hybrid 294 · 8%
- Remote 122 · 3%
Visa sponsorship offered in 45% of the 1,013 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 759
- Principal 276
- Staff 201
- Lead 193
- Intern 138
- C-level 54
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 1,172
- 501-1000 employees 246
- 11-50 employees 106
- 51-200 employees 90
- 201-500 employees 13
- 1-10 employees 8
Hardware Test & Validation Engineer
Designs and runs hardware tests for kitchen robots, building sensor rigs with Raspberry Pi/Arduino and validating durability against food-safety standards.
Senior Electrical Engineer - PCB Designer
Designs and releases high-reliability PCBs for robotic food-production systems using Altium Designer, collaborating with mechanical, firmware, and manufacturing teams.
Hardware Test & Validation Engineer
Designs and runs hardware tests for kitchen robots, building sensor rigs with Raspberry Pi/Arduino and validating durability, safety, and regulatory compliance.
Senior Electrical Engineer - PCB Designer
Designs and releases high-reliability PCBs for robotic food-production systems using Altium Designer, collaborating with mechanical, firmware, and manufacturing teams.

Senior Avionics Hardware Engineer
Design and deliver spacecraft avionics systems for deep-space missions, collaborating with cross-functional teams to build reliable, flight-qualified hardware from concept to launch.

Staff Avionics Hardware Engineer
Design and deliver spacecraft avionics systems for deep-space missions, from concept to flight, using aerospace-grade electronics and embedded systems in a fast-paced startup environment.
Senior Packaging Technical Engineer, Hardware (Remote)
Designs and implements advanced chip pad rings and package layouts for AI hardware, collaborating with cross-functional engineering teams to optimize electrical performance.
Senior PCB Designer
Designs and routes complex PCBs for Starlink hardware, collaborating with engineers to optimize layouts for RF, power, and high-speed signals using tools like Mentor Xpedition or Altium.
Data Collection & Exploratory Hardware Platforms EPM
Engineering Program Manager at Apple leading early-stage hardware development for imaging and sensing platforms, coordinating cross-functional teams and vendors to deliver prototypes and complex systems.
Memory Hardware Component Engineer
Engineer specializing in semiconductor memory components, advising on selection, validation, and integration of memory technologies for Cisco’s networking products.
FPGA Engineer II (ONSITE)
Design and verify FPGA/ASIC digital circuits for aerospace/defense avionics, writing RTL in VHDL/Verilog and ensuring DO-254 compliance.
Principal RF Design Engineer
Principal RF Design Engineer designs radar transmitters, receivers, and exciters, optimizing RF circuits and collaborating with cross-functional teams using tools like HFSS and MATLAB.
FPGA Engineer
Design and maintain FPGA firmware for aerospace systems, including SoC integration, signal processing, and space-grade communication interfaces.
Digital and Mixed Signal IC Design/DV Engineer
Design and verify mixed-signal ICs for current sensing, using RTL, SystemVerilog, VHDL, and UVM to ensure first-pass silicon success.
Technical Staff Engineer - Design (FPGA Fabric)
Design and optimize FPGA fabric (interconnect, logic, memory, clocking) for Microchip’s embedded devices, collaborating with architecture and verification teams to deliver high-performance, low-power FPGA products.